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Lena Birkholz, Jacob Halabe, Maisie Thompson

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Andrea Zhou

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Griffin Bonnin Jones

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Katherine Reynolds

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Justin Bilenker, Katherine Reynolds

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Visiting Parents Worried about the Cost of Three Weddings after Seeing Son Talk to Three Different Girls in His House

While parents Michael and Jessica Trout carefully budgeted for their son Timothy’s college expenses along with a single wedding, they were abruptly reminded that some costs simply cannot be anticipated…

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October 24, 2021
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University Introduces New Way to Get Downtown: “Walk, Motherfuckers”

This option has been poorly received by undergraduates, as several would-be ‘motherfuckers’ told the Dealer.

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December 6, 2022
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OI Renamed “Indiana H. Jones Institute of Academic Grave-Robbing”

In an effort to promote diversity, the Institute will showcase numerous artifacts looted and pillaged from cultures around the world.

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November 30, 2022
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Math Department Discovers New Highest Number

A team of mathematicians at the University of Chicago have discovered a new highest number, a new paper reveals. That number, 87382, is nearly 2 higher than the previous highest…

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November 16, 2020
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UChicago Student Running From College Council

While the beginning of Spring Quarter has marked numerous announcements of ambitious students running for College Council, one student has decided to rival this long-standing tradition by running from College Council. Simon Jorgensen, a second year…

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April 19, 2021
  • Campus Life

    College Unveils New “Indecisive” Major

    Jack Archer / February 18, 2024

    At long last, The University acknowledges these students, hears their soft-spoken, noncommittal cries, and answers with a major tailored to their majorlessness: The Indecisive Major.

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  • Campus Life

    Earth as a Planet Students Accused of Cheating by Sharing Test Answers With the Moon

    Jacob Halabe / February 18, 2024

    “I feel deeply ashamed that I violated UChicago’s code of academic honesty,” the moon said, in an exclusive interview with the Dealer.

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  • Campus Life

    Following Drop In Rankings, UChicago Students Report Sun Is a Little Dimmer

    Jacob Halabe / February 18, 2024

    Following a precipitous drop in the US News College Ranking, students of the university have made a surprising discovery: everything is just a little worse now!

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  • Arts & Culture,  Campus Life

    Creative Writing Department Announces New Specialization in Shitty New Adult Novels

    Lydia Osborn / February 18, 2024

    Required classes include: ‘the half-bed trope: even better than one bed!’, ‘consent and how to circumvent it’, ‘why write characters when you can sculpt a red flag out of clay and pray to…

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  • Campus Life

    Study Finds Writing Workshop Feedback from Kyle “Unhelpful”

    Maisie Thompson and 1 more / February 18, 2024

    A study conducted in Beginner’s Poetry Workshop has ultimately declared feedback from Kyle, a student in the Monday/Wednesday section, to be ineffective at improving the quality of the work of a fellow student,…

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  • Campus Life

    President Alivisatos Accused of Plagiarizing From the Periodic Table of Elements

    Chicago Shady Dealer Newsdesk / February 18, 2024

    Alivasatos is alleged to have submitted papers which contain nothing but basic information about chemical elements taken directly from the periodic table.

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  • Campus Life

    Dining Halls Offer Water Only As of Winter

    Andrea Zhou / February 18, 2024

    The spokesperson for this committee asserted that “a healthy amount of hydrogen and oxygen atoms will enter the student’s stomach instead of the sugar they inhale all the time.” She asked us to…

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  • Campus Life

    UChicago Launches Skincare MLM to Make Up $239 Million Budget Deficit

    Lydia Osborn / February 8, 2024

    Is the Chicago wind drying your skin? Could your pores get any larger? Are you plagued by stress breakouts because this school has no idea what a manageable workload is? Worry no more,…

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  • Campus Life

    In New Cost-Saving Measure, UChicago Cuts Heat, Plumbing to Cobb

    Katherine Reynolds / February 7, 2024

    “We’ve resorted to digging pit bathrooms behind the counter,” Andi Brown, a barista at Cobb Café, reported, “It doesn’t smell because the cold has halted the decomposition process, so that’s neat.”

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  • Chicago Shady Dealer

    Midwave Radio Devastated at a Somehow Negative Listener Count

    Jacob Halabe / February 7, 2024

    “It doesn’t make any sense at all,” said Midwave station director Katherine Perth, “There’s no glitch in our analytics software. Somehow, in real life, the opposite of 4 people are listening to our…

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